Toy Recall - Thomas and Friends
Outrageous! Another recall of a product manufactured in China, this time a toy which may contain lead: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 1 million of the popular “Thomas & Friends” wooden railway toys made in China are being voluntarily recalled because some may contain lead paint, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Wednesday. read more
In addition, fake Colgate (yes, there is apparently such a thing as counterfit toothpaste, for heaven’s sake!!) sold in discount stores is also being recalled. It contains a substance called DEG (diethylene glycol) which is toxic. read more here
I must pat myself on the back a little bit here. I tend to shy away from anything made in China, simply because I don’t trust their standards of safety. It was after all courtesy of China that we all introduced lead into our houses through innocent looking vinyl blinds. Who would have thought they could contain lead? I feel consumers are innocent babes when it comes to assessing risks simply because of ignorance. The average person just doesn’t know enough, if anything, about manufacturing common items and what the substances we fear so much might be used for in those items. Another example of that is plastic baby bottles.
To get back to the toothpaste - I actually quickly ran and checked my own toothpaste which happens to be Colgate, and happens to come from a discount store. But, sigh of relief, it says it’s distributed by Palmolive in New York.
My children btw use Toms of Maine, without fluoride, as well as Orajel, also without fluoride. There is too much controversy for my taste concerning fluoride, so for the time being we try to avoid it.
